Card register



Dec.'2s,1937. N. 1f ROSN CARD REGISTER Filed June 7, 1935 "ai" wrm; 'nmllllll' 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 @am 28g 1937. N. l. ROSEN A GARD REGVISTER Filed June 7. 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 PatentedDemZS, 1937 'i Y i, Y. j y y UNITED* STATES PATENT, QF'FICE Application June 7, 1935, Serial N0. 25,463

In Sweden June 19, 1934 Y '.sciaims. (01.129-15) Y l;

fr This invention relates to :tiling devices` for cards, ample by the walls of the channel members being sheets for Vmachine bookkeeping, catalogues etc., resilient, or they Vare hingedly mounted on a arranged either vertically'or-Ysuperposed in the common wire II extending Athrough the lower formof a book, and pertains more particularly end s of the strips. In order that the strips shall VIi to means for facilitating the turning over of the .still be mounted in rows ands'hall each extend vcards of the register without damaging them, for obliquely relatively to the cards the planes of .imparting stabilityv ralso Vto veryrthin cards, for the strips must in this case each forman angle preventing the bases of the cards from being with the common wire II or channel member`|2 squeezed together, and nally, for providing visimentioned above, on which the strips turn. The f ble headings rwithout making it necessary to oblique position of eachstrip should correspond 10.

. change: cards orboxes already used-all without to at least the one thickness of the strip inq increasing, in a mention'abledegree, the space creased by the thickness ofone sheet.k This arrequired bythe register. rangement, which hasfor its object te prevent With the above and other objects in view the the cards from being squeezed between the strips,

I l5 invention is illustrated by way of example in theV is one of the most essential characteristics of 1.5"

. accompanying drawings, in which v the invention. Y

l Figure 1 is a perspective View of part of a The strips or standards 2 extend qutside'the register of cards arranged for names, Y cards et cetera. Along part of their length at least Figure 2v is a similar View of a modiiediorin ofV they Should OVeriaP each ether like fish-,ScalesA S0 n part ofa numeral register without cards, es, t0 enebleene Strip i0 mOVe ell Others lying 20 `Figure 3 shows details of a register according ibove @f n front 0f ii in the Same IOW else if to Figure 1 on an enlarged Scale ndin transverse intermediate c ards have been removed. On lift- Vrtii sectin' Y Y Y mg a strip 1t 1s desired to prevent the subgaeent i Figure 4 shows a top Viewof details of Figure 3, strips from followmg and uns has been Oman-led l Y i by providing that end of each strip, which is to 25 y fllgure ls a' sectlon taken'alo'ng thlme V'u-.V be grasped, with a recess I6 in its portion exy o -gu-re .Y tending behind the adjacentstrip. n

Flgure 6 shows a Valuation of the detail 111mg' The variousV rows of strips are separated by ure 5. Y Y means of partitions or walls consisting of one or Figure 7 SilOWS a deten- O-f a Tegi$i3e1` according two supports I4, which, like the strips, are mount- 30 170l Figulfelf edin the bottom and runited by means' of 'a 'Figure' 8 .ShOWS a Variation Of e detail Ofe traverse bar 6. To prevent the basesof the cards register according t0 Figure 2, and from being squeezed together between the strips Figure 9 shows a variation of the detail, in and the supports I4, which would make the re- '35 Figure 5- moval as well as the filing of cards more diiiicult, 35

' Similar ynumerals refer to the saine or similar the walls are located parallel with the strips. VThis Paris thrughout the several views. i may, for example, be obtained by opposite endsV of AIn-carrying out the invention there are provided"A each of the supports I4 of the walls being mountedi parallel horizontal `supporting bars or llets. I5, in different grooves |2'or, as in Figure 2, on

40 I 5a, on whichthe `cards l Stand, and standards diierent wires II. Also this arrangement is one=40 r vorstrips 2 0f Steel or of some other'materialj 2, of the most typical features of the invention. Y In Which Separate the CardS, 0r groups of cards order to hold the channel members I2 or wires et cetera, from each 0the1,ar`1d which are turn- Il together in assembled relation, the firstand `ably mounted in the bottom of the register or in the last partitions of the system are fixed in'their l the back f the lying register; Vin I'OWS, the Strips 'respective positions after the channel members t2 45 Veach extending obliquely Vrelatively to `the cards 0r wires have been pushed together.

et cetera and diverging morefrom the cards ac- `It does not Vmake any difference whether the eording as "a greater number of cards is to be row of strips or the partition diverges relatively placed between tWO Standards. vIf* one or some tothe longitudinal direction of the register.

I cards only are to be placed betweentwo standards As may be seen from Figs. A1 and 2 respectively 5'0 the provision is made shown in YFigures 1 and 2, the llets I5 maybe placed either youtside ythe in' Order i0 Save Space b5" WlfliehV the Stationary supports I4 of the stirrup or insidethe same. ends ofv al1 of thestripsY of a row will be placed The partition is provided with means 'I for hold- I in succession in one and the same channel meml ing headings, said means being arranged onthe ber I2, .in which the strips are retained for extraverse bar 6 of the Wall, as in Figures 1 and 2. 55

Furthermore, the walls are preferably provided with spacing shoulders 23, or ears, in order toy guarantee an equal distance. between the walls and to unload the pressure from the cards on the partitions. The shoulders may be formed by the supports, which are bent back around the traverse bar 5, possibly above the bar 5 to about on a level with holder l. If the supports of the partition extend within the surface of the card, theV bar 5 may lie outside the card instead, by which the wall will not encroach upon the depth of the card register, provided that its supports have about the same thickness as the strips. This is also a typical feature of the invention.

In certain cases one single. support is sufficient to hold the wall. The outer end of the strips, which extends outside the card, may be provided with or it may be formed as a name, numeral or color index, see Figures l, '7 and 8. Sometimes, however, the index of the card may be placed on the partition, for example, in numeral registers as in Figure 2. But also name registers may be constructed in a similar way, i. e. with stationary standards without indexes, each pointing at its special name. plate, which is replaceably and, if desired, slidably disposed on the bar 5. Indications, iI" any, which for example are meant to indicate a month il of maturity or meant to indicate that several cards are placed behind one and the same standard or strip, are inserted in the transparent pocket for holding the headings or such indications may be outlined on the cards or on the strip themselves by outlining the desired number by punching holes in the cards or strips as shown in Fig. 8. In less complicated registers, in which the strips are made in one single piece the name. plates, too, may be secured in a similar manner. Especially in numeral registers the indications may also be placed on the bars 5.

The construction of the bases of the strips may Vary. Either, they may be made integrally with the strips, Figures 2 and 9, or each base may consist oi a hollow cylinder l having an oblique cut for introducing the strip.

A suitable construction of the. channel members I2 is illustrated in Figure 5. In this ligure these members are formed by channel members made oi llexible steel. A metal wire l, each end of which is bent to a loop, is placed in the bottom of the channel, where it is retained by recesses I9 provided in the walls of the channel. The object of the wire with itsV bent loop is to prevent the channels from pressing against each other, when the register is moved in the slide grooves 2li in the longitudinal direction of the register, and also to make Vit possible to mount the stationary end of the strip in a suitable manner, and further to prevent too strong stresses on the. channels I2 when removing or applying strips, and finally, to make it possible to remove and apply the rows of strips anywhere -in the register. Figures 3, 4 and 5 show details hereof. When an additional channel member is to be applied, space is rst made for the sarney by means of a wedge, which is inserted between the loops of two adjacent channel members. In case the register is of large depth, the wedging action is applied between a plurality of loops consecutively. After that one end of the. added channel is inserted in the groove 2t of bar l 5. ien the other end of the channel member is attached to the bar I 5a by sliding the tubular end 2l of the front support Ill into the groove 2li of thebar I 5a. This is permitted, due to the fact that the end 2l telescopes or slides within the front end of the channel member or within the tubular lower end of the front one ofthe standards 2.

In numeral registers having a wire extending through the bases of the strips, YFigure 2, the rows of strips are retained or released by the wire proper II being sprung up and like a bolt pulled below or out from under the fillets I5, on which the cards stand.

The bases of the strips and of the supports are provided with recesses 22, the object of which is to prevent the adjacent strip from being displaced when one strip is being lifted and also to make it possible to place more cards than one between two strips standing in one. and the same groove without their bases being squeezed by the same.

When a verygreat number of cards or catalogues and the like are to be placed between two strips, the row of strips is placed in two or more channel members I2 or on two or more metal Wires II, besides which the stationary ends of the strips preferably are fixed in a correct lateral position relative to one another by means of sockets placed in the 'channel member or threaded on the Wire.

The bars I5, l5a, on which the cards stand, may be placed either inside the supports I4 (Fig. 2) or outwardly of the same (Figs. l and 3). In numeral registers (Fig. 2) having only nine strips in each row it is easy to provide room for the. bars I5, Ilia, between the two supports Ill and the two outermost strips 'of the row and, moreover, it is easy to place them there on account of their 'simple construction. In name registers (Figs. l and 3) on the other hand, in which it is desired to have as many strips as possible,Y in each row, and in which it is necessary to give the bars I5, I5a, a more complicated construction, the bars should be placed outwardly of the supports I4.

Displacement of the channel members I2 transversely of the register is prevented by the bars I5, I5a, in the construction shown in Figs. l and 3. In the numeral register shown in Fig. 2 and intended torbe placed in a common card box, the displacement of the wires lengthwise thereof is prevented by the side walls of the said box. Dirsplacement of the channel members lengthwise of the bars I5, I 5a, is prevented by any suitable means. For example, after the channel members I2 or wires II have been pushed together. they are fixed in their positions by stopping pins 25, (Fig. 2) which'are inserted in holes 26 suitably spaced from each other in the bars I5, I5a, at the end of the register or both at the beginning and the end of the register; these pins being of sufficient length as to extend below the bars and rest against the end portions of the channel members or wires so as to prevent displacement of these members in the longitudinal direction of the register.

Two longitudinally extending strips 24 of metal, which, at both ends of the register, are rigidly secured with each other and with the bars I5, I5a, by means of transverse bars 2l, support the channel members or the. strips mounted on the wire. They form carrying elements, when, for example, the register according to Fig. 2, is to be placed in a common card box or to be removed from such a box.

The outermost partitions are made as strong covers, the object of which is, inter alia, to lx the angle of inclination of the strips, and one of which at least should be adapted to be fixed in various positions so as to make it possible to change the number of rows of strips, and both l l row will also be lifted.`

should be adapted to be moved in order to make is possible to transfer simultaneously from one register to another a substantial part of the register. This part, which is simultaneouslymoved to the outermost ends ofthe fillets l may be lifted out of the register by the protruding part of the iillet i5 being cut-away at some place.

Having now described my invention, what I claim yas new and desire to--secure by Lettersl Patent isf: Y

1. A register for loose cards or the like,v arranged one behind thefother comprising a base for supporting the cards, a plurality of narrow strips adapted to be arranged between said cards and having their innerends swingably mounted on said base, said strips being adapted to extend from said base beyond the outer edges of theVV cards, and arranged adjacent and obliquely behind each other in rows, the planes of the strips in each row forming an acute angle with the 1ongitudinal direction of the row.

2. An arrangement'according to claimV 1inA y which the strips cover each other along part 'of' theirlength like iish-scales, so that when lifting one strip all other strips above it in the same 3. An arrangement according to claim 1, in

which the base is provided with grooves having Y their side walls arranged a predetermined distance from each other, and the inner ends of al1 the strips ofthe same row are swingably disposed v in succession in one of said grooves, and slidable in the longitudinal direction of said. groove, the plane of each strip forming'an acute angle with the longitudinal direction of said groove. 4. An rarrangement according to claim 1, including metal wires, each Vwire supporting all of the strips of the same row, said wires extending through the inner ends of the strips, whereby the latter are swingably mounted on said wires, the plane of each strip being oblique to the axis of the wire fand forming an acute angle with the longitudinal direction of said wire.

5. An arrangement according to claim 1, in which the outer end of each strip is `'provided with a recess in the portion of the strip extending behind an adjacent strip, so that the grasping flaps formedV by said recesses lie beside each other, wherebyy the operator may grasp one of said flaps at a time. Y

6. A register for cards orv the like, comprising a base for supporting a plurality of rows of cards, channels mounted on s'aid base and having inwardly diverging resilient side walls, the upper edges of said walls being spaced from one another to provide an opening at the upper surface of each Vof said channels, a plurality of narrowvstrips `adapted to be arranged between the cards in each 'row and having their Vinner ends swingably mounted in said channels, the

width of the opening in each channel being smaller than the width of the inner ends of the strips, whereby said strips will be held in sai-d channels by said sidewalls, said strips being adapted to extend from the base beyond the outer edgesof the cards in each row and arranged adjacent and obliquely behind each other in rows, the planes of the strips in each row forming an acute angle with the 4longitudinal direction of the row. f

7. An arrangement according to claim 1, including a channel mounted on the base and having inwardly divergingY flexiblel side walls, said channelhaving a Vgroove provided between the upper edges of said side walls adapted to receive the inner ends of all the V'strips in one row, and

reinforcing means for the side walls of the chan-V from each other, each partition being swingably mounted on the base and consisting of a substantially inverted U-shaped member, the transverseV bar of said member being adapted to engage the upper ends of the strips of the adjacent row, the

swing axis of said partitions forming an acute angle with the swing axis of the strips in a row.

NILs IvAR RosN. 

